VISITING SCOTLAND

I decided to go to Scotland, Edinburgh from the 3rd August to the 17th.

I studied in a school called EDINBURGH SCHOOL OF ENGLISH. The school is located in an old church and it is placed at the heart of the city, in the most well known street of Edinburgh, that is, the Royal Mile.
Regarding the course in this school I have to say that it was one devoted to English language teaching methodology. Because of that all of us there were teachers of English of both, Primary and Secudary education.
The course was great as it was very interesting. We were taught how to teach the different skills by using different techniques and activities such as games, songs, computers. Lessons were very active since all pupils there were taking part all the time. Besides, we were just 9 pupils in the class and all of us were from different nationalities. In the evenings we had some activities like Scotish dancing, going to pubs or some visits aroud the city, although I have to say that some of these activities were not very well organized.
On the whole, I greatly recomend this course and this school to anyone who wants to learn about methodology.

As for the city, it is a beautiful city where you can do lots of things such as: visiting museums, going to wonderful pubs with live music, going on trips under the city called ghost trips, going on shoping, visiting the castle, the royal palace, the park,the botanic garden, the Military Tatoo.. What is more, if you go to Scotland in August you will see the Edimburg Festival, a great festival which is held during the month of August. This festival provides you with hundred of comedies, concerts, street performances, street markets,... Thus, the population of the city is doubled during this festival as people around the whole world visit this festival. Another positive aspect of visiting this lovely city is that you can go to cities like Glasgow, as it is 50 minutes long by bus, or you can go to the well known High Lands, where the monster Nessy lives according to the legend,..(Lock Ness). Hence, I strongly recomend you visiting this city and taking part on the already mentioned course!!! You can visit the following web page for more information about the school: www.edinburghschoolofenglish.com

Edinburg Park and Edinburgh Castle